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Month: October 2016

Rejection, it’s a devastating feeling. Your personality and understanding of social interactions will interact to affect the amount of aceptance or rejection you experience. By understanding what affects feeling accepted, you can take steps to better position yourself to be accepted.Read more

We all want to present well and get along with others. But what happens if we were never taught how? What happens to people in the world who just never received the tools to interact well with other people? That sound terrible! Well imagine how it feels when you need to interact with someone who has not learned these skills on a regular basis. And what happens if the person we are talking about is actually you? Good news, if it is you, you can do something about it!Read more

Your making me sad. I hate Mondays. There is nothings worse than being alone. These are just a few ideas that I hear on a regular basis from people explaining what is causing them to be in a foul mood. Are we really at the mercy of our environment when it comes to feeling good or bad? I talk about that today.Read more

Insecure? How you feel about yourself affects how you interact with others and therefore affects the quality of life you live. Understanding how your insecurities change the way you interact with people and then how they interact with you is an important first step to solving the problem.Read more

In this video I talk about three common misconceptions in therapy. These are ideas that affect the psychologist, the client, and the direction of therapy. By understanding the reality of these ideas, you enter into therapy with a realistic idea of what is possible and what is not.Read more

Practice makes perfect. When you practice this relationship mistake, you ensure that your relationships will suffer. Unfortunately, we often are not aware that we are repeating a poor behaviour because we have practised it so much, it feels absolutely normal for us to do. However, when we become aware of our poor behaviour, then we can make a conscious decision to change things.Read more

There are several things we can do in life to improve ourselves and our situation. Visualising your success is one of them. However, when done incorrectly, visualisations can also create problems. I will explain the issues with visualisations and help people to use visualisations correctly.Read more

Relationship Fridays! Ask and you shall receive. People have been asking me to do more content specifically about relationships and so I have decided to make a new post about relationships every Friday. The first topic: How Fear Affects Relationships. Fear stops us. That can be a good thing, when we are in danger, but it can get in the way of growth and deeper bonds when it stops us from sharing in relationships. We need to learn to identify our fears, both within the relationship and in our daily lives. Then takes steps to solve.Read more

In order to make change in your life, you need to decide what you want to change and then make the appropriate steps towards accomplishing it. This video examines how to appropriately use self affirmations if you want to change your life.Read more

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Interesting links

Canadian Psychological Association
The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is the national association for the science, practice and education of psychology in Canada. With over 7,000 members and affiliates, CPA is Canada’s largest association for psychology.

Mind Your Mental Health
Website to promote access to psychologists through the public healthcare system with an interesting page on psychology works fact sheets